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10/6/2003 Thierry Michel: Combat questions
After reading the rulebook and toying a bit with the combat simulator (very nice piece of work, by the way), I have a few questions: (1) an armored guy on…
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Participants: Thierry Michel, Overdrive, Richard_Strey, contracycle, Darcy Burgess, Brian Leybourne, Caz, Salamander, Dan Sellars.

10/5/2003 Sir Mathodius Black: Areas Armor Protects
Since it isnt in the rulebook and i havnt found any posts on it, is there any place i can find exactly what parts of the body each piece of…
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Participants: Sir Mathodius Black, Caz, Brian Leybourne, Crusader, Salamander.

10/4/2003 Tywin Lannister: Question about falling damage
Another day, another thing I need clarified...concerning falling damage, that is. The way I interpret the rules on p. 96, you do not take into account Toughness and Armor Values…
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Participants: Tywin Lannister, Richard_Strey, Ashren Va'Hale, Wolfen, contracycle, Thagorod Alynsson, Salamander, Mike Holmes.

10/4/2003 kenjib: Question about the Flower of Battle
I finished Stephen Pressfield's Gates of Fire a couple of weeks ago and the vivid battles in the book really blew me away. I was just wondering if anyone with…
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Participants: kenjib, Brian Leybourne, -Akora-, Ville.

10/3/2003 Mokkurkalfe: I've got OBAM! And some questions...
First of all, splendid work. My horseriding player's are gonna love this. Still, I have a few questions. Why the armour-limiting on the berserker gift? It seems suspicously D&D-ish. Doesn't…
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Participants: Mokkurkalfe, Brian Leybourne, Richard_Strey, contracycle, Pantera, Mike Holmes.

10/3/2003 Dan Sellars: Stances
Yet another question. Are stances only for when characters are facing off to each other in a dueling situation? Or, for example, if my character Eric is walking down a…
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Participants: Dan Sellars, Overdrive, Brian Leybourne, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Salamander, Jasper, Ashren Va'Hale, Richard_Strey, Jake Norwood.

10/3/2003 Dan Sellars: Raising Proficiencies
I've got a little question on proficiencies my group was discussing last night. When I create my character I put 7 into Longsword. So I then get Dagger at 3…
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Participants: Dan Sellars, Brian Leybourne, Lxndr, Richard_Strey, deltadave, Ashren Va'Hale, Salamander.

10/2/2003 StahlMeister: Combat/Magic Questions
Hi Friends! Here are some questions I have. Please don't feel angry if they were handled in another thread. Did not found it. 1.) Three players of my groud attacked…
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Participants: StahlMeister, Spartan, Lxndr, Mike Holmes, MonkeyWrench, Brian Leybourne.

10/2/2003 Paka: Re-discovering a Forgotten Sport - Intro Campaign Setting
The Sorcerer Kings, Wizards and Witches have ruled the world for as long as anyone can remember, casting mighty magicks that take months and years off of their lives. They…
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Participants: Paka, Brian Leybourne, Irmo.

10/2/2003 Sir Mathodius Black: Riddle of Steel Psions
Hey all, Ive finally gotten back after 3 months and i was just wondering what you guys thought about psionics in ROS and how they might work. Thanks, SMB
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Participants: Sir Mathodius Black, Brian Leybourne, MonkeyWrench, Spartan, contracycle, Lxndr, Richard_Strey, Dan Sellars.

10/1/2003 The Heretic: New to the forum, a question
Hi everybody, I've been lurking for a while, but this is my fist post. First, this looks like a great game, congratulations Jake, you are my hero now. I have…
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Participants: The Heretic, MonkeyWrench, Ron Edwards.

10/1/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: slang question
Ok, what does "ymmv" mean? this has been bugging me all day!
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Participants: Ashren Va'Hale, MonkeyWrench, 6inTruder, Brian Leybourne, dragon_of_colour, Richard_Strey, Camillus.

9/30/2003 Kraal: Help, need clarification on rules
Hi, I need some clarification on how you spend your vagary points between melee and missile skills, or do you need to spend points on missile skills? I have read…
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Participants: Kraal, MonkeyWrench.

9/30/2003 Rico: Another Problem
The campains in the past our characters have passed easily, no one ever dies because they would just complain and everyone is getting attached to their character. All of us…
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Participants: Rico, Valamir.

9/30/2003 Drifter Bob: Realism in RPG's and the Riddle of Steel
I mentioned TROS in an article I recently did (actually, part 1 of a 2 part article) for Swordse Edge magazine. You can see the article here: http://www.swordsedge.net/Issue15/ArticleMechanicsOfMelee.html I'd be…
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Participants: Drifter Bob, MonkeyWrench, J B Bell, contracycle, tauman, Gordon C. Landis, Salamander, Brian Leybourne, Jason Kottler, Spartan, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, toli, casinormal, Richard_Strey.

9/28/2003 chade0: about aiming at unarmored parts of body
Hello, I fought a test duel with two equal knights. Both were wearing a helmet and a full chain suit which covers all zones excepts head and lower legs. Both…
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Participants: chade0, Salamander, Caz, Brian Leybourne, contracycle, Valamir, Snikwas, MonkeyWrench, Jaeger, Richard_Strey, Ashren Va'Hale, Jasper, -Akora-, Camillus, Ville, Overdrive.

9/28/2003 Tywin Lannister: Question about a combat situation
Two characters engage in combat. Both have red dice, and were in an aggressive stance. A uses Feint-Thrust. B uses Counter. What happens?!?
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Participants: Tywin Lannister, Salamander, Draigh, Richard_Strey, Overdrive, Brian Leybourne, Spartan, Valamir.

9/28/2003 Thierry Michel: Historical RoS
Just found the RoS book in a Parisian game shop, and I'm wondering what experience people have with adaptating TRoS to historical settings (I'm looking for a system to do…
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Participants: Thierry Michel, MonkeyWrench, Salamander, Spartan, ZenDog.

9/28/2003 Ashren Va'Hale: a mean combo
tonight my character pulled a great move in a series of fights. In the first he pulled a great defensive duck and weave after rolling for both acrobatics and body…
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Participants: Ashren Va'Hale.

9/27/2003 chade0: which one to choose: the red or the white die?
Hello all. I bought TROS some days ago and I'd like to hear some good tactics in choosing whether to throw a red or a white die in the beginning…
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Participants: chade0, MonkeyWrench, Ashren Va'Hale, Jaeger, Salamander, Ron Edwards, Draigh.

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10/7/2003 Janne Halmetoja: Character Generator problem
I get message "Unable to write to" when I try save on free creating mode. I have tried several NPCs and everytime get this message. If I create character using…
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Participants: Janne Halmetoja, Sir Mathodius Black, Brian Leybourne, Lxndr.

10/8/2003 spunky: Jumping Back to...
Jumping back to: "What's the point of partial armor in a system where the attacker declares where his blow will land?" Style, baby. Style. Part of being a hero is…
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Participants: spunky, Brian Leybourne, Jake Norwood, Ashren Va'Hale, toli, Caz, ZenDog, Crusader, Salamander, contracycle, Richard_Strey, Erik D. Schmid, julien.

10/8/2003 Swordmagnet: TROS for Sharpe's
I was thinking that the Sharpe's series of books would work well as a setting using TROS as the basis as the books often feature the theme of: what is…
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Participants: Swordmagnet, ZenDog.

10/8/2003 Jake Norwood: Jake Rants about Art
From this thread (http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?p=85607#85607): Though some artwork is very amateurish and reminds me more about 80s RPG books. That's not a big deal and I can understand little amateurish look.…
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Participants: Jake Norwood, xiombarg, Janne Halmetoja, jeffd, Brian Leybourne, kenjib, Ashren Va'Hale, toli, greyorm, 6inTruder, Dan Sellars, Kaare Berg, Thierry Michel, Lxndr, Mike Holmes, Svyatoslav_Igorevich.

10/12/2003 ironick: Two Questions Regarding Defaults
Sorry if this has been discussed before, but how exactly do the proficiency defaults work? I was under the impression from the book that you only use the defaults if…
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Participants: ironick, Salamander, Ashren Va'Hale.

10/12/2003 chade0: Simple question about Evasive Attack
Hello, Is evasive attack used only when too fighters attack each other at the same time? Or can you increase your opponent's attack TN for the next exchange with this…
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Participants: chade0, Salamander, Brian Leybourne.

10/12/2003 chade0: Basic newbie questions
How does these affect your combat: 1. Drawing a weapons (assuming you were surprised and you did not have a weapon in your hand)? 2. Standing up from prone (After…
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Participants: chade0, Ashren Va'Hale, Brian Leybourne, kenjib, Salamander.

10/12/2003 Ville: Does TROS need to much house rules?
Before I start I'd llike to point out the following: I am a huge fan of TROS rules and it is the first game in 10 yrs that really got…
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Participants: Ville, Ashren Va'Hale, Tywin Lannister, Brian Leybourne, kenjib, Mike Holmes, Jake Norwood, Spartan.

10/12/2003 chade0: Once again; about multiple opponents
Hi, I have problems understanding how a combat with multiple opponents engaged works. Example: A is fighting alone against B and C. 1. B and C wants to attack A,…
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Participants: chade0, Brian Leybourne, Abbs.

10/12/2003 Sir Gawain: Some basic stuff
Hallo everybody! I am totally new to the forum and to TROS too (I found a copy in Germany a month ago), but I'm fascinated by the system and by…
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Participants: Sir Gawain, Sir Mathodius Black.

10/12/2003 chade0: How to prevent someone from going past you? and some other q
You are guarding an open gate and an evol thief or thieves are trying to run past you... How would you slash them with your sword while they're trying past…
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Participants: chade0, Ville, Wolfen, Ashren Va'Hale, Salamander, Jake Norwood, failrate.

10/12/2003 chade0: one very simple combat question, again =)
A has CP of 10, B has CP of 10. A has initiative. A attacks with 10 dice, B defends with 7. A wins the contest by 1 but B's…
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Participants: chade0, Brian Leybourne, Salamander.

10/13/2003 Rico: Adrenaline
You hear stories now and then, about amazing things people do when they are hiped up on Adrenaline. I don't know if there are already rules for this for TROS…
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Participants: Rico, Salamander, Ville, spunky, Ace.

10/13/2003 julien: Falling in Armor
I have this picture of melee fights where if a heavily armored fighter (like a knight in full plate armor ) falls on the ground, it will take him considerable…
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Participants: julien, Valamir, spunky, Theron, Kaare Berg.

10/13/2003 Krammer: getting smashed
I recently was the seneschal for a scenario in which a full grown hef tackled someone, who fell back onto another character. The one that was tackled was wearing full…
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Participants: Krammer, Richard_Strey, Rico.

10/15/2003 Sir Mathodius Black: Fear
How, in ROS, would one handle fear of characters and NPC's? There are no rules stating what can scare characters, and it isnt like there arent any things that cant…
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Participants: Sir Mathodius Black, Brian Leybourne, Mike Holmes, AnyaTheBlue, Salamander.

10/16/2003 BirdMan: Heh. About The Sorcery Pool.
So anyway, I feel kind of silly asking this, but try as I might, I can't readily discern the answer. Let us say that Bob (he of Account Temps fame)…
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Participants: BirdMan, Ben, Brian Leybourne, kenjib, Spartan, Andrew Ciotti, Ron Edwards, LordSmerf, Wolfen.

10/16/2003 ZenDog: The Riddle of Steel: First impressions of a newcomer.
My copy of ‘The Riddle of Steel’ arrived last Monday; I flicked through it with great interest, then started reading it in earnest from start to finish. I finished it…
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Participants: ZenDog, Valamir, Brian Leybourne, Tim Alexander, joshua neff, Thanaeon, Anthony I, Tywin Lannister, Jake Norwood.

10/17/2003 Durgil: Dice Pool Games
I just thought I'd point out that there is a half-way lively discussion HERE on the HârnForum about the pros and cons of dice pool FRP's. I have brought up…
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Participants: Durgil, Valamir, Mike Holmes.

10/17/2003 LordSmerf: Question on Mail Delivery time...
I ordered a copy of TRoS last Saturday. My question is: what shipping method is used and how long should i expect to wait. To go to the mail box…
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Participants: LordSmerf, Valamir, Richard_Strey, Brian Leybourne.

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